Easel



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E. D. CAMERON & F. LONG.

BASEL.

No. 262,205. Padented` Aug. 8, 1882.

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BASEL. No. 262,205. Patented A11`g.8,.l882.

WI JVE S A INVENTUM'.

By /M .dtorneys UNITED STATES PATENT' OFFICE.

EDWARD D. CAMERON AND FRANK LONG, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

EASEL.

SPECILFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,205, dated August 8, 1882.

Application filed February S21, 1882.

ble others skilled in the art to which it apper tains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation toimprovements in easels and back-rests; and the object is to provide an easel and back-rest which can be lengthened or shortened, so as to suit many different sizes of panels and like articles.

The advantages to the trade of an easel capable of being extended and contracted are, that retailers of the goods are not compelled to keep easels of many sizes to suit differentsized panels in their stock, the extensible quality of our improved easels making them applicable to panels of different sizes Without destroying the symmetry of style, and persons possessing panels can suit their dimensions Without actual measurement, or use the easels for different panels, when desired.

Our invention consists in the combination of tubes attached to a base bar or plate of the easel, and standards xed to the top bar to register and adjust within the tubes in the base, said top bar or plate having an extensible back-rest pivotall y attached.

Our invention further consists iu the novel arrangement and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically set forth.

In the accompanying drawing making a part of thisv specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved extensible easel. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, showing theparts separated and the tubes partly in section. Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. 4 is a view of one of the tubes.

The letter A represents an ornamental base of a panel-easel, Which may be of any desired size and design. In the cross plate or b ar a the tubular standards or sleeves o and c are secured by pins or any other suitable fastening means. These tubes are of such length and proportions as may maintain the desirableness of the style and suit the size of the easel. The letter B represents the top cross-bar or (Model.)

ornament of the easel, in or to which are secured the round standards d d', of such diameter as to tit snugly the tubes of the bottom section, and are so set that they exactly register with said tubes when the parts or sections are brought together.

The letter C represents the back-rest, or support, composed of the standard d2 and the tubular sleeve e. This back-rest is pivotally attached to the back ofthe top section by any suitable means, preferably by a wire run through the top and held to the frame by staples. The standards and back-rest ot' the top section are made preferably of light wood, and the tubes are made of light sheet metal, bent into tubular forms, and the edges lapped without soldering together, so as to admit the standards and hold them in any desired point by frictional contact.

It is obvious that the design and ornamentation ot' the top and bottom sections of the easel may be varied to suit the taste and skill of the artist; and it will be observed that the order of construction and position of the tubes and standards herein described may be reversed. We therefore claim the right to vary the construction and combination of the parts Without departing from the spirit of our invention.

We are aware that it is not new in parloreasels to make a stand with extensible sliding frames resting` therein, and sustained in an adjustable position by frictional contact; but this differs from our invention in structure and in having no provision for changing the inclination of the easel.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. 1n an easel, the combination of two tubes attached to a base bar or plate of the easel, and standards xed to the top bar or plate to register and adjust within the tubes in the base, said top section having a pivotally-attached extensible back-support, substantially as described.

2. As a new article ot manufacture, an extensible and contractible easel, consisting ot' a lower section provided with tubes, au upper section with telescoping rods, and apivotallyconnected extensible and contractihle back'- support, substantially as described.

3. An easel composed of a base portion pro= IOO vided with vertical receiving means, a top sec- In testimony whereof We affix our signatures tion provided with descending means adapted in presence of. two Witnesses. to it; snugly Within the receiving means and EDWARD D. CAMERON.

be adjusted and held at suitable heights by FRANK LONG. frictiolml contact; alone, and a hack-support ivitnesses:

pivoted or hinged for varying the inclination C. C. HERRICK,

of lche easel, substantiallyas described. JOI-IN F. BIRD. 

